Shloka 19
रुद्रसर्गः (नीललोहितः), अष्टनाम-स्थान-परिवारः, श्री-नारायणयोः अभेदव्याप्तिः
इच्छा श्रीर् भगवान् कामो यज्ञो ऽसौ दक्षिणा तु सा आज्याहुतिर् असौ देवी पुरोडाशो जनार्दनः
icchā śrīr bhagavān kāmo yajño 'sau dakṣiṇā tu sā ājyāhutir asau devī puroḍāśo janārdanaḥ
Desire itself is Bhagavān; Śrī is His śakti; love and longing are He. He is the yajña, and she is the dakṣiṇā; He is the ghee-offering, and the Goddess who receives it is she; Janārdana Himself is the sacred puroḍāśa—thus the whole rite is pervaded by Him alone.
Sage Parāśara (teaching Maitreya)
Speaker: Parasara
Topic: Nature of Bhagavān as the inner reality pervading all (especially yajña and its constituents)
Teaching: Devotional
Quality: authoritative
Concept: All aspects of yajña—desire, prosperity, offering, and the sacrificial cake—are to be recognized as Bhagavān alone, with Śrī as His inseparable power.
Vedantic Theme: Brahman
Application: Offer daily actions as worship by seeing the Lord as the indwelling reality of means, act, and fruit.
Vishishtadvaita: Affirms the Lord as the inner controller of all ritual constituents while retaining real distinctions (śakti/Śrī as inseparable).
Vishnu Form: Para-Brahman
Bhakti Type: Shanta
Lakshmi Presence: Sri
Antaryamin: Yes
Jagat Karana: Yes
FAQs
The verse identifies every element of sacrifice—offering, fee, and sacred food—as forms of Vishnu, teaching that yajña is ultimately the Lord’s all-pervading presence rather than a merely external ritual.
Parāśara presents desire and will as divine powers rooted in Bhagavān, implying that even inner impulses and their fruits are sustained and governed by Vishnu’s sovereignty.
Janārdana is shown as both transcendent Lord and immanent reality within dharma and ritual—supporting a Vaishnava view where all sacred action and its results depend on Vishnu as the Supreme.